By Nellie Andreeva
15.02.2020 - 01:06 / deadline.com
By Jill Goldsmith
Daniel Loeb’s Third Point Capital revealed Friday that it’s acquired a chunk of ViacomCBS stock, but the hedge fund did not indicate whether it’s planning to move into activist mode in the way that’s caused headaches for Sony and other companies.
In an SEC filing, Third Point indicated it had acquired 2.75 million ViacomCBS shares (less than 1% of the total number outstanding) for about $15.4 million in the fourth quarter. Loeb may see the newly merged media company
By Nellie Andreeva
Kyra Sedgwick is set to star in the ABC multi-camera comedy “My Village,” Variety has learned.
The model and actress passed away in February 2007
Flexing its financial muscle across the Atlantic, 30West is taking a "significant minority stake" in the well-established U.K. distribution, sales and production banner Altitude Media Group.
It will be their first show together in eight years
Primary Wave has acquired a 70% stake in Australian soft-rock duo Air Supply's music publishing catalog and artist master royalty stream, the company announced Wednesday (Feb. 5). The multi-million dollar deal includes hit singles such as “All Out Of Love,” “Lost In Love,” “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All” and “The One That You Love,” which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1981.
Endeavor Content has taken a minority stake in The Ink Factory and struck a first-look deal for film and TV projects from the studio behind The Night Manager and Fighting With My Family.The investment will back an expanding film and TV slate for the U.K. banner that produced the 2015 BBC/AMC hit The Night Manager.
Investor Dan Loeb has added small stakes in ViacomCBS and Amazon to the portfolio of his Third Point LLC investment firm during the final months of 2019.
It’s a logical comparison: “Rocketman” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” are both biopics about British rock stars whose careers launched in the 1970s — Elton John and late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, respectively — and both were directed by Dexter Fletcher. So we had to ask the latest Academy Award winner for his thoughts.
Phillip Schofield’s wife Stephanie has spoken out in support of her husband after he came out as gay.
Elton John brought a taste of his biographical musical to the 2020 Oscars stage.
Lady Gaga and her entrepreneur boyfriend Michael Polansky had their first big public date and kiss this weekend in Miami. And Gaga isn't keeping their relationship on the down low anymore. The singer just shared a photo of them together on her Instagram. You know it's real when your pop star girlfriend is ready to go IG official.